Numerical Investigation of the Corrosion and Fatigue Behavior of Clinched Joints

The application area of clinched joints is steadily increasing. They are vastly used in the automotive industry to join car body parts. Clinched components often exposed different environmental conditions as well cyclic mechanical loading. Those environments common originators multiple corrosion and material fatigue phenomena. It thus important include possible factors into design joining process, ensure full functionality joint during its service life. In order estimate failure such joints, several experimental numerical tools available. However, literature provides little knowledge about combined influence high-cycle on life joints. this work, a modeling framework given that combines effects products formation EN AW-6014/HCT590X+Z by means simulations.